Tooth H – Upper left baby canine
3rd baby tooth back from the middle, upper left.
- International
- 63
- Palmer
- C
- Type
- Baby canine
- Roots
- 1
- Comes in
- 16–22 months
- Falls out
- 10–12 years
The pointed tooth at the corner of the upper front teeth, on the left.
- In front: G upper left baby lateral incisor
- Behind: I upper left baby first molar
- Same tooth on the other side: C upper right baby canine
- Bites against: M lower left baby canine
upper left canine (#11), which comes in after this tooth falls out at 10–12 years.
This tooth is H in the US and 63 internationally, where the 6 means the upper left quarter and the 3 is its place counting from the front.
In Palmer it's C, but in the US system C is the upper right baby canine.
American Dental Association 2024; Harris 2005; American Dental Association 2012; Tafti et al. 2023. Full titles are on the About page.